Method and System for Novel Gift Wrapping

ABSTRACT

At least one embodiment is directed to a flexible gift wrapping system.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. Pat. Application No. 17/897,122, filed 27 Aug. 2022, which is a continuation in part of U.S. Pat. Application No. 17/105,507, filed 26 Nov. 2020, which is a continuation in part of and claims priority to U.S. Pat. Application No. 15/922,867, filed 15 Mar. 2018, which is a nonprovisional application of and claims priority to U.S. provisional Pat. application No. 62/471,861 filed on 15 Mar. 2017, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to items and methods that can decorate a present or gift, and more particularly, though not exclusively, a set of items that a consumer can purchase that will adhere to presents to mimic some other form..

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Gifts are often wrapped in wrapping paper and bows, and in some cases specialized wrapping paper (e.g., animal skin patterns).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Exemplary embodiments of present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a gift;

FIG. 2 illustrates a packet containing items in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 illustrates the items of FIG. 2 removed from the packet;

FIG. 4 illustrates the assembly of the items on the gift;

FIG. 5 illustrates a decorated present/gift in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 illustrates multiple gifts that can be accumulated into a combined decorated present in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 illustrates a packet containing items in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 illustrates the combined gifts of FIG. 6 decorated with items from the packet of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 9 illustrates an additional packet containing items in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 10 illustrates the items from the packet in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 11 illustrates the items of packet FIG. 9 attached to various presents forming structures in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 12 illustrates a gift box, with features that can be manipulated;

FIG. 13 illustrates the gift box of FIG. 12 with the features manipulated;

FIG. 14 illustrates a gift card gift holder;

FIG. 15 illustrates the bottom of the gift card holder of FIG. 14 ;

FIG. 16 illustrates a flexible gift container, with optional ribbon;

FIG. 17 illustrates gift;

FIG. 18 illustrates a flexible insert to additionally cover the gift to prevent the gift from showing through when wrapped;

FIG. 19 illustrates gift wrapped in the flexible gift container, along with the ribbon twisted in a bow;

FIG. 20 illustrates an expandable gift container;

FIG. 21 illustrates gifts placed into the expandable gift container;

FIG. 22 illustrates a bag gift container;

FIG. 23 illustrates the bag gift container closed;

FIG. 24 illustrates a screwable gift container;

FIG. 25 illustrates a gift placed into the screwable container;

FIG. 26A illustrates a gecko gift wrapping paper that doesn’t require tape;

FIG. 26B illustrates a gecko gift wrapping paper that doesn’t require tape; and

FIG. 27 illustrates the gecko gift wrapping paper wrapped around a gift.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following description of exemplary embodiment(s) is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses. For example gifts can be attached to each other via various means, glue, tape, Velcro™, magnets (e.g., two magnets with sticky backs, each attached to an item or to a gift to attach items to gifts and/or gifts to gifts). In one non-limiting example a magnetic with a peal sticker is attached to its back, so that the magnet can be attached to one present and another to a second present. Then each of the two presents can be magnetically attached to each other. Likewise, an items can be attached to a gift/present. Additionally, the same attachment methods can be used to attach items (defined below) to the gifts.

‘Items’ refers to any item that can be attached to a present, e.g. tails, and can be formed of cloth, cotton, pipe cleaners, plastic, rubber, or other materials/methods; eyes formed of fuzzy cotton with black dots as pupils formed of plastic, cotton, cloth, and other craft or manufacturing materials as known by one of ordinary skill in crafts, special effects, plastic/rubber molding. The present application is not limited to any material forming the items. The items can be anything that changes the gift into a different form factor. For example, wings, eyes, windows, doors, and other everyday items.

The attached figures illustrate various methods and packets of items according to embodiments. Basically a gift’s shape and form factor can be modified to mimic other shapes or form factors, or camouflage the gift, such as into animals, buildings, various patterns, cartoon characters, items such as books, shoes, food (e.g., cheese), scenes such as a mountain scene. The present application is not limited to how the gifts can be modified or combined to form or mimic other shapes.

FIG. 1 illustrates a gift 100, such as a wrapped present or just a bag or box.

FIG. 2 illustrates a packet 200 containing items in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment. The packet 200 can contain multiple items that can be removed and attached to the gift forming a new shape/form (e.g., a bunny) modifying the form factor of the gift 100. For example the form/form factor can be, though not limited to, an animal (example dog, cat, bunny), building (e.g., bank, empire state building, church), vehicle (e.g., car, airplane, train, ship, spaceship, submarine), plant (e.g., corn, tree, hemp), hill, mountain, mythical creature (e.g., unicorn), cartoon character (e.g. woody woodpecker), fictional character (e.g., sherlock Holmes), historical scene (e.g., Columbus landing on shore), geological feature (e.g., devils tower), statue (e.g., statue of liberty), household item (e.g., toaster, cup), office item (e.g., stapler), scientific item (e.g., calculator, beaker), medical item (e.g., heart), academic item (e.g., diploma, cap,), judicial item (e.g., gavel), piece of clothing (e.g., boot, hat), historical person (e.g., Lincoln), historical item (e.g., arc of the covenant), books (e.g., moby dick), and fictional animal (e.g., dragon).

FIG. 3 illustrates the items of FIG. 2 removed 300 from the packet 370, where the items can include various items for example mouth 310, a first eye 320, a second eye 330, a bushy tail 340, a whisker 350, a first ear 360 and a second ear 370. Note items in the present application are not limited to animal parts, items can be anything that can change the gift into recognizable or fanciful patterns and shapes, even change the shape (e.g., into a ball).

FIG. 4 illustrates the attachment (410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, 470) of the items (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370) respectively on the gift, changing the form factor changing the present, for example into a bunny (500, FIG. 5 ).

FIG. 5 illustrates a decorated present/gift in accordance with an exemplary embodiment, where the items of FIG. 4 have been attached to the present 100 forming a bunny 500. Note that attachment can be via various methods, for example tape, Velcro™

FIG. 6 illustrates multiple gifts (100, 110, 120, 130) that can be accumulated into a combined decorated present in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 illustrates a packet 700 containing items in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment that can be used to combine presents into a shape. Note that the items can also contain magnets/ Velcro™ with sticky backs that can be used to loosely or firmly attach the multiple gifts to each other after decorated.

FIG. 8 illustrates the combined gifts 800 of FIG. 6 decorated with items from the packet of FIG. 7 to form various shapes, for example a bunny, where each present forms parts of the bunny.

FIG. 9 illustrates an additional packet 900 containing items 1000 in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment. For example the items can be used to combine each present into its own new shape (e.g., a building) where in combination the group of presents can form a village from the combination of the formed buildings. Other embodiments can form entire scenes, such as buildings, mountains, ships, balloons, trains, animals, etc...

FIG. 10 illustrates the items 1000 from the packet in FIG. 9 . In the non-limiting example shown in FIG. 10 , the items forms various components of buildings, for example doors, windows, roofs. Note that any material can be used, for example the windows can be paper stickers, or plastic molded models that can be attached, or even doors that can be opened.

FIG. 11 illustrates 1100 the items of packet FIG. 9 attached to various presents forming structures in accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment. In this example the combined presents/gifts form a little village of buildings.

In general the decoration can be anything that converts a gift into a form other than a box with wrapping paper and a bow.

FIG. 12 illustrates a gift box 1200, with features (e.g., hair 1220, ear 1240, eyes 1250, and mouth 1260) that can be manipulated (FIG. 13 ). For example, the hair 1220 can be made of a bendable wire or pipe cleaner. The ear 1240 can be bent away from the gift box 1200, a present placed within the gift box 1200, the lid 1210 closed and secured with tape 1270.

FIG. 14 illustrates a gift card gift holder 1400. The gift card holder 1400 can be any shape or size provided it can hold the gift cards 1520. For example, the gift card holder 1400 can be a cute animal like a lady bug as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 .

FIG. 15 illustrates the bottom 1500 of the gift card holder 1400 of FIG. 14 , where a lid 1510 to a recess allows placement of the gift cards 1520 within the gift card holder 1400.

FIG. 16 illustrates a flexible gift container 1600, with optional ribbon 1610. The Flexible container 1600 can be like a colorful/patterned 1630 sock 1620 that is configured to stretch (e.g., through an opening 1640) over gift 1700 (FIG. 17 ).

FIG. 17 illustrates gift 1700.

FIG. 18 illustrates a flexible insert 1800 to additionally cover the gift 170 to prevent the gift 1700 from showing through when wrapped.

FIG. 19 illustrates gift 1700 wrapped 1900 in the flexible gift container 1600, along with the ribbon 1610 twisted in a bow 1910, where the pattern 1630 of the flexible container 1600 is expanded. The flexible container 1600 can be any flexible fabric, or elastic membrane, or any other type of stretchy material that can be decorative, patterned, and stretched over a present 1700. In one exemplary embodiment the flexible container is similar to a sock type material that can be stretched over a present. The stitching per square inch should be sufficient to not spread too much that the present 1700 underneath is not visible.

FIG. 20 illustrates an expandable gift container 2000. A non limiting example is shown in FIG. 20 of an expandable snake having a head 2030, attached via an attachment 2060 to an expandable body 2040 and expandable tail 2050. The gifts are placed into the gift container 2000 and sealed and then when expanded 2010 and 2020 form an expanded gift container 2100.

FIG. 22 illustrates a bag gift container 2200, which includes a character image (e.g., fanciful alligator) which can have a gift inside and sealed to form a character 2300., which when closed forms the character 2300 (FIG. 23 ).

FIG. 24 illustrates a screwable gift container 2400, which when a gift is placed inside the gift container 2500 can be screwed shut (FIG. 25 ).

FIG. 26A illustrates a gecko gift wrapping paper 2600 that doesn’t require tape as viewed from the top and FIG. 26B illustrates the gecko wrap from below. The gecko wrap 2600 can be formed of two layers, a decorative layer 2610 (e.g., patterns 2630, on sheet) bonded to the self sticking layer 2620. The self sticking (non adhesive) layer 2620 can have flexible protrusions 2625 that act as a gecko like surface that stick to smooth surfaces, much like “Press′n Seal^(R) Cling Film” from GLAD™. This allowed one to wrap the paper upon itself or on smooth surfaces without tape or adhesive.

FIG. 27 illustrates the gecko gift wrapping paper 2700 wrapped around a gift/present 2740. The gecko wrap 2700 overlaps region 2750 and sticks, gift wrapping the gift/present 2740.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all modifications, equivalent structures and functions of the relevant exemplary embodiments. For example, terms such as items, shapes, mimic, camouflage, are used, and their use herein , and the common English meaning, and any similar meaning from a thesaurus are included.

Thus, the description of the invention is merely exemplary in nature and, thus, variations that do not depart from the gist of the invention are intended to be within the scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A gift wrapping paper that requires no adhesive comprising: a decorative layer; and a non-adhesive self sticking layer attached to the decorative layer, wherein the gift wrapping paper is configured to gift wrap a present.
 2. The gift wrapping paper according to claim 1, wherein the non-adhesive self sticking layer includes gecko like protrusions.
 3. The gift wrapping paper according to claim 2, wherein the decorative layer and the self sticking layer have the same elastic properties within a chosen threshold range. 